Sea Lion - Animal Mark

My Project is the Sea Lion.

At first I imagined that I would look at the shape of the sea lion out of the water, but I soon realised that I had chosen the sea lion because I love its extensive range of movement, how it can contort and bend. The sea lion displays great agility and playfulness that could potentially translate well in a logo.

1. MOODBOARD

2. INITIAL SKETCHES

I dont have a scanner, so I used the bottom right image as a reference for my inital sketches. They are not too simplified yet, but are looking at the curves and movement.

3. DIGITISING:

Initial steps to digitise the sketches before minimising the design. Looking at some shadows and negative space etc

UPDATE 1

UPDATE 2

Playing with the smaller details. Sea lions are apparently known for their ear flaps so I have gone ahead and added them :)